First off I just want to say this disease sucks! Unfortunately for my 8 year old it is heriditary to a certain extent and thats how she got it. In a nut shell it started with blood in her stool. NOT the most common symthom. But after a colonoscopy that is what they came up with. I have a hard time just accepting that it is Crohns because so many other things have the same symthoms. Well she was doing well for several months then she flared up i guess. They keep saying they dont know if it is a flare or if this is her base line but i have a seroius problem with blood in the stool because to me that means there is inflamation somewhere and it scares me what could happen if that goes untreated. It makes me mad when people say that lots of kids have blood in there stool and its no big deal. I guess that is why i am on this forum, i would really appreciate words of wisdom and support from people who know what we are going thru.Since she is having a flare and the medication isnt working we are going in for the second colonoscopy this year, next week Happy holidays NOT. Wish us luck. Thanks